The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch in effect through Monday morning for the Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River areas.
Jeremy Hsieh
Local News Reporter, KTOO
I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?
Sewer and water fees going up in 2015
Right now, typical residents pay about $90 a month in combined water and sewer fees. By July 2018, they’ll pay about $130.
Cell phone tower ordinance to be reworked, again
SueAnn Randall’s wore this hat to Monday’s Assembly meeting. It’s a dig at the cell phone tower on Spuhn Island, which her home on North Douglas Highway faces.
Housing tops Juneau’s economic concerns
Juneau businesses and households identified housing as the greatest barrier to economic development in surveys.
Should e-cigarette vapors be treated like tobacco smoke?
The Juneau Assembly is considering a ban on e-cigarette vapors in nearly all indoor public spaces.
Fry bread: An Alaska Native treat with a mysterious origin
Fry bread has generations of history in many Alaska Native families, where the untraditional food has become a cultural fixture.
Alaska tops corruption rankings in policy journal
The rankings were based on corruption-related convictions of federal, state and local public employees and elected officials from 1976 to 2008.
Police propose big hikes to traffic, animal control fines
The Juneau Police Department wants to double, triple or nearly quadruple municipal fines for dozens of municipal traffic and animal control violations.
Mayor proclaims June LGBT celebration month
The Assembly also approved a major rezoning of Pederson Hill, failed to approve a smaller one on an Atlin Drive lot and doubled its filing fees for appeals.
Final vote on Pederson Hill rezone before Assembly
The Juneau Assembly is expected tonight to take its final vote on a major rezoning that could lead to hundreds of new homes near Auke Lake.